Ant McPartlin will appear on this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ as it returns to ITV following a one week break.
A show source has confirmed to HuffPost that the ‘Saturday Knight Takeaway’ segment, which features the troubled star, will still be aired.
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The scripted mini-series, which sees Ant and Dec star alongside Joanna Lumley, Michael Sheen, David Walliams and Emilia Fox, has already been filmed.
Show bosses were reportedly weighing up whether to show the final two episodes, but have decided to go ahead and air the whodunnit despite Ant not appearing on the rest of the show.
The star has since confirmed he is returning to treatment, and would be stepping down from his TV commitments for the foreseeable future.
While this led to the cancellation of last week’s ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’, ITV confirmed that the final two episodes of the current series would still go ahead as planned, with Declan Donnelly hosting the show without his usual co-presenter.
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Dec will present this week's 'Saturday Night Takeaway' alone.
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Dec said in a statement: “Whilst I never thought I’d be in this position, after much discussion and careful consideration we’ve decided that the remaining two shows of this series of ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ will go ahead.
“We made a promise to take hundreds of deserving winners to Florida to watch the series finale, and we will honour that.
“Everyone at ITV and the ‘Takeaway’ team feels we owe it to the audience to complete the series.”
‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ continues on Saturday (March 31) at 7pm on ITV.
Ant and Dec Through The Years
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Ant and Dec, aka PJ and Duncan, in 1994. (Photo credit: Getty)
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British pop duo PJ and Duncan instore at HMV in 1994. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec, aka PJ and Duncan, in 1994. (Photo credit: PA/Jez C Self/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Ant and Dec larking about with Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie in 1996. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop duo PJ & Duncan in the studio in 1996 (Photo credit: PA)
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PJ and Duncan in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1996. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Byker Grove with fellow stars in 1998. (Photo credit: Rex Features)
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Ant and Dec with Cat Deeley in 1998, co-hosts of SMTV://Live. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left), and Declan Donnelly, Ant & Dec, with their Most Popular entertainment Presenter awards at the National Television Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2002. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop Idol presenters Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly (right) celebrate with Will Young from Hungerford, Berkshire, at the Fountain Studios in London, after he was voted Britain's Pop Idol in 2002. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop Idol judges (from left) Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, Nicki Chapman and Neil Fox, pose with show hosts Ant and Dec (Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly) during a press conference at Thames TV in London, to launch a new series of Pop Idol in 2003. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly pose with the awards for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme for Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in the Awards Room at the 'British Comedy Awards 2004' on December 22, 2004 at London Television Studios in London. (Photo credit: Claire Greenway/Getty Images)
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Ant and Dec as The Ugly Sisters in Madame Tussauds Celebrity Pantomime in 2005. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly (right) with the Entertainment Performance award received for I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! at the BAFTA television awards at the London Palladium in 2010. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec take part in the 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!' Bush Tucker Trial 'Greasy Spoon', in November 2011. (Photo credit: Rex Features)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly arriving for the 2012 NTA Awards at the O2, Greenwich, London. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly with their awards for Entertainment Presenter, backstage at the National Television Awards 2012 at the Greenwich Arena London. (Photo credit: PA)